View From Your Table

I think you’ll agree with me that this photo from a weekend Julia Child Centenary Dinner is one of the all-time greatest Views From Your Table! My Dallas friend and reader who hosted this says their menu included soupe a l’oignon, poulet en cocotte bonne femme, haricots verts a l’anglaise, reine de Saba (Julia’s famous flourless chocolate cake), three bottles of red wine, and a bottle of port.

Carlo, feasting during a celebration isn’t gluttony. It’s appropriate. Indulging willfully in whatever you want to eat or drink without regard to anything except your own desires is gluttonous, regardless of the amount that’s consumed.